HAJJ 2020: Nigerian pilgrims to enjoy new enhanced passports, reduced Airport screening time
General News
February 22, 2020
HAJJ 2020: Nigerian pilgrims to enjoy new enhanced passports, reduced Airport screening time
Nigerian pilgrims to 2020 Hajj may benefit from a newly enhanced international passport booklet preliminarily released in Abuja, Kano, Lagos…
Osinbajo urges young Nigerians to add value through creativity, innovation, use of technology in different sectors
Education
February 22, 2020
Osinbajo urges young Nigerians to add value through creativity, innovation, use of technology in different sectors
*Says universities should migrate from being an incubator of ideas *Charges them to provide solutions to nation’s challenges *Adds university…
Opposition, five years after losing out of power, maximizing use of fake news, misinformation and hate speeches to confuse Nigerians over security issue that is global, President Buhari’s SA Social Media, Laurreta Onochie says
Anti-Corruption War
February 22, 2020
Opposition, five years after losing out of power, maximizing use of fake news, misinformation and hate speeches to confuse Nigerians over security issue that is global, President Buhari’s SA Social Media, Laurreta Onochie says
By Bashir Adefaka Laurreta Onochie, a United Kingdom based body language expert, is one of the unputdownable in the Muhammadu…
We can win the fight against insurgency in Nigeria, Sultan of Sokoto insists at UFUK event
General News
February 22, 2020
We can win the fight against insurgency in Nigeria, Sultan of Sokoto insists at UFUK event
*Tells how Nigerians’ sins account for insecurity in country “We can win the fight against insurgency. Everyone is afraid…
US, Taliban to sign peace agreement at end of month, Pompeo says
Diplomacy
February 22, 2020
US, Taliban to sign peace agreement at end of month, Pompeo says
The United States and the Taliban will sign an agreement on Feb. 29 at the end of a week-long period…
Corruption report against Sarkin Kano quashed, as court awards him N.2m compensation
Anti-Corruption War
February 21, 2020
Corruption report against Sarkin Kano quashed, as court awards him N.2m compensation
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has dismissed the preliminary report of the state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission…
Osun senior monarch stands tall in royal tussle, dismisses suspension story against him as Oluwo of Iwo Land
General News
February 21, 2020
Osun senior monarch stands tall in royal tussle, dismisses suspension story against him as Oluwo of Iwo Land
Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has said that he was never suspended as Oluwo of Iwoland and that he remains the…
Emir of Kano urges legislature, courts, police to protect women, girl-child
News
February 21, 2020
Emir of Kano urges legislature, courts, police to protect women, girl-child
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for the protection of women and girl-child by legislature, courts…
The victim of Bayelsa governorship loss not APC but…, Lauretta Onochie explodes in special interview with The DEFENDER
General News
February 21, 2020
The victim of Bayelsa governorship loss not APC but…, Lauretta Onochie explodes in special interview with The DEFENDER
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO? ..plus her thoughts on: *Security and terrorism handling the UK example? *Why extremists, terrorists…
Nigerian military air strikes pound ISWAP terrorist hideout, kill several insurgents in Borno
Defence
February 21, 2020
Nigerian military air strikes pound ISWAP terrorist hideout, kill several insurgents in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) hideout at Bukar…